Chapter 674: Build another 20,000 kilometers of high-speed rail in 30 years? (Monthly ticket request

As the completion ceremony of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway ended, the media was reporting on the Beijing-Kowloon Railway for a period of time, interpreting and reporting on the Beijing-Kowloon Railway from all aspects!

Some are due to the large scale of investment, some are difficult to construct, and some are technical.

Comprehensive interpretation of the ‘Beijing-Kowloon Railway’ from various angles.

During the previous construction process, the photos and videos taken by reporters have become precious videos. CCTV has produced six episodes of a large-scale documentary, which specifically introduces the whole process of the construction of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway, as well as the China High-speed Railway, the Japanese High-speed Railway, and the European High-speed Railway. Comprehensive comparison.

These reports have aroused great repercussions in society, and many people even have the luxury of taking the high-speed rail to Beijing or Pengcheng to experience it for themselves.

As for Xiangjiang, if you want to go to Xiangjiang, you have to apply for a pass in advance.

The pricing of high-speed rail is higher than that of ordinary railways. Normally, people would definitely not take the train, let alone the high-speed rail.

But this time, many people just wanted to experience riding the high-speed rail.

If you have money, take the train directly to Jingcheng West Station or Pengcheng Station; if you don’t have money, just take one or two stops to experience it.

The excellent performance of the "Fuxing" EMU makes people fall in love with it as soon as they sit on it. After all, whether it is the environment or comfort, it far surpasses the green train, and it is also faster.

This time, people decided to make it their first choice in the future.

Liu Tao and others were discussing with great interest, and even the person in charge of the Ministry of Railways was discussing high-speed rail line planning and the speed-up reconstruction of existing railways.

The high-speed railways that have been completed or are currently under construction take into account freight because the flow of people cannot reach the design value in the short term. However, as the flow of people increases in the future, the freight will gradually decrease and eventually turn into pure passenger transportation.

As for the current railways and the railways built in the past, they were transformed and speeded up, eventually forming a pattern in which high-speed railways are used for passenger transport, and the original railways are transformed and speeded up for freight transport.

The person in charge of the Ministry of Railways very boldly said that China will use 30 years to build another 20,000 kilometers and become the world's largest high-speed rail country and a powerful high-speed rail country.

Some leaders joked that it might not work in 30 years, but at least 50 years. The Ministry of Railways should not be impatient or make great achievements, but should proceed slowly and steadily.

After all, now, the construction cost of high-speed rail has reached 30 to 70 million yuan/km. Even at the current cost of 20,000 kilometers, it will reach 600 to 1.4 trillion yuan!

Liu Tao was amused. The leader felt that the statement of the person in charge of the Ministry of Railways was too radical, but in fact it was conservative. In the original time and space, the development of China's high-speed railway was relatively late, but in only more than ten years, the total mileage of China's high-speed railway was close to 40,000 kilometers.

Let alone building another 20,000 kilometers of high-speed rail in 30 years. As long as we are brave enough, it is not impossible to build another 60,000 kilometers of high-speed rail.

After all, China's economy is far better now than it was in history.

"This time you have to thank Comrade Liu Tao. The Wuhan-Guangzhou High-speed Railway, Guangzhou-Kunming High-speed Railway and Chengdu-Kunming High-speed Railway have a total mileage of 3,484 kilometers and a total investment of 200 billion yuan. Panshan Group spent 150 billion yuan." The leader smiled, " You must cooperate well to create new glories for the high-speed rail, and don’t cause any dirty things.”

The leader is praising Liu Tao, and at the same time, he is also knocking other relevant departments. Don’t forget who gets the bulk of the money, and they must abide by the rules.

Two high-speed arteries and three high-speed rail arteries, with a total investment of 400 billion yuan, Panshan Group spent 300 billion yuan, which can be said to be as rich as the country, but in fact this is a bit bullying.

Although it is said that Panshan Group cooperated with the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Transport to form a group company and hold shares, which seems fair and equitable, in fact everyone is generally not optimistic about the profitability of expressways and high-speed rails.

In other words, it is a miracle that highways and high-speed railways can maintain no losses during the operation period, and making profits is simply impossible.

As for RMB 300 billion, if the current bank deposit interest rate is at least 10%, the deposit interest that year will be RMB 30 billion.

It can be said that Panshan Group suffered a huge loss!

Once the time limit is up, the operating rights of highways and high-speed rail will be returned to the state.

Liu Tao showed bitterness in a cooperative manner and complained: "This time there are loud voices within Panshan Group. Many comrades believe that we are not doing our job properly by doing this. If this continues, our main business will be operating railways and highways. "

The others couldn't help but laugh.

They did not doubt Liu Tao's words.

After all, if you put yourself in Liu Tao's shoes and make such a decision, others will definitely have strong objections.

It is normal to have internal objections.

Everyone knows that Panshan Group's core business is military industry, and Panshan Group's basic business is manufacturing, not anything else.

To say that he is not doing his job properly is not unreasonable.

"Comrade Liu Tao, do you think China has hope of building another 20,000 kilometers of high-speed rail in the next 30 to 50 years?" the leader asked.

Liu Tao nodded and said: "There is still no problem in this regard. China has a vast land and abundant resources. We have cities to develop. We have a large population and a large number of counties. The high-speed rail is very suitable for the development of China."

"With our development speed, it will not be a problem to build another 20,000 kilometers of high-speed rail in 30 to 50 years." Liu Tao said.

Liu Tao is convinced of this.

China has now revealed its true nature as an infrastructure maniac.

One century project after another is being launched. Currently, no one in the world is as crazy as China.

A large number of century projects, a large number of infrastructure projects, commercial housing is being built crazily in various places, and all shipyards in China are full of orders. In this case, even the steel mills that have been increasing production continuously in recent years cannot keep up.

Only Liu Qi and his team brought back a large amount of steel from the Soviet Union to barely make up for the gap.

You know, the growth rate of China's steel production is not slow.

When the reform and opening up just started, China's crude steel output was only 37.12 million tons, which was 1/3 and slightly more than 1/3 of Japan and the United States respectively, but now China's steel production has reached 101.24 million tons, an increase of 272.7% in almost ten years. This growth rate is extremely terrifying.

That is to say, the statistical data released every year are revised again and again. The steel production announced last year was 61.35 million tons. Otherwise, if it was announced that China's steel production exceeded 100 million tons, it would definitely cause shock.

You know, steel production exceeding 100 million tons means that China's steel production has jumped to the first place in the world.

In the past, steel production was a very important indicator of a country's comprehensive strength, because everyone knows that a large amount of steel is needed to manufacture weapons.

It is only now that the importance of steel production has been weakened.

However, the rapid growth of steel production also reflects how frightening China's development speed is now.

Liu Tao can foresee that as the country develops faster and faster, the investment in infrastructure will definitely increase, and high-speed rail, as an important infrastructure, will definitely be one of the country's investment priorities. It is definitely not a problem to build another 20,000 kilometers of high-speed rail in 30 years, and it is still a very conservative figure.